Table 1 Summary statistics of 5 low-cost, 5 high-cost, 5 low-readmission, 5-high readmission rate and the total 85 PCNs
From: A study of physician collaborations through social network and exponential random graph
Item | Hospitalisation cost | Readmission rate | All PCNs (85) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Low (5) | High (5) | Low (5) | High (5) | |
Average cost per patient ($AUD) | 16582 | 29949 | 18931 | 26400 | 24010 |
Average readmission rate (%) | 7.47 | 10.98 | 0.00 | 21.94 | 11.64 |
Average number of patient per PCN | 61.8 | 85.8 | 19.2 | 30.8 | 26.22 |
Average number of doctors’ visit per patient | 17.01 | 34.79 | 29.55 | 26.66 | 26.03 |
Average patients’ age (year) | 54.08 | 67.87 | 73.06 | 65.81 | 68.78 |
Average hospital length of stay (day) per patient | 4.87 | 13.52 | 8.96 | 12.21 | 10.51 |